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I accept endless rain swirling in outdoor meal venue (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

picnic area

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'outdoor meal venue' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'i accept endless rain swirling' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'swirling' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get swirled around).
'i'+'accept'='iaccept'
'iaccept' with its last letter removed is 'iaccep'.
'iaccep'+'rain'='iacceprain'
'iacceprain' anagrammed gives 'PICNIC AREA'.

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for picnic area that I've seen before include "pleasant place for lunch" , "outside place to eat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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